Definitions for generic
dʒəˈnɛr ɪkgener·ic

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. generic, generic winenoun

   a wine that is a blend of several varieties of grapes with no one grape predominating; a wine that does not carry the name of any specific grape

2. genericadjective

   any product that can be sold without a brand name

3. genericadjective

   relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus

   "the generic name"

4. genericadjective

   (of drugs) not protected by trademark

   "`Acetaminophen' is the generic form of the proprietary drug `Tylenol'"

5. genericadjective

   applicable to an entire class or group

   "is there a generic Asian mind?"

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. genericnoun

   A product sold under a generic name

2. genericnoun

   A wine that is a blend of several wines, or made from a blend of several grape varieties

3. genericnoun

   A term that specifies neither male nor female.

4. genericadjective

   Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific

5. genericadjective

   Of, or relating to a genus

6. genericadjective

   Not having a brand name

7. genericadjective

   Of a drug identified by its chemical name

8. genericadjective

   Specifying neither masculine nor feminine e.g. salesperson

9. genericadjective

   (Of program code) Written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter.

10. Etymology: Formed in English from.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Genericadjective

   alt. of Generical

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Generic

   -al, Generically. See Genus.

Matched Categories

1. • Biology
   • Drug

Anagrams for generic »

1. energic

How to pronounce generic?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say generic in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of generic in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of generic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of generic in a Sentence

1. Kevin McCarthy:

   People say, well, the generic ballot has been shifting. Well, I'll ask you this question : What was the generic ballot in the last election ? i don't know what the generic ballot is going to be. ... I know it's kind of baked in with what the issues are.

2. Roche Chief Executive Severin Schwan:

   You have a real lack of healthcare infrastructure which doesn't even enable generic companies to bring medicines to the Indian population.

3. Jay Leno:

   We’ll pair a rapper from Chicago with an Ohio farmer lady, and they work as a team and it’s quite funny to watch, there’s no politics, there’s no Trump jokes, there’s no Biden jokes. There are jokes about Congress in that generic sort of ‘they’re idiots’ type of thing.

4. Nick Pappas:

   Passing out traditional material and flyers and trying to sell shirts, no one changes their political beliefs based on a shirt, what we need to do is try and get conservative entertainment out there in the movies, we need to figure out other ways to change the culture on the ground level and just not focus on generic bland messaging. Unfortunately not enough booths are doing it.

5. Rajiv Malik:

   Yes, GSK has been under price pressure recently but the price is still pretty attractive to bring in a generic.

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